Thesaurus results for PITTER-PATTERS

pitter-patters

verb

present tense third-person singular of pitter-patter

as in throbs

to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner his heart pitter-pattered with excitement as he waited for the right moment to propose

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The first is pique, a sharp, vinegary hot sauce that throbs with the heat of Thai chiles.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
The depression is a gritty-slick coating that constantly throbs against my thoughts and my insides.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of throbs

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The loneliness is accentuated by the jittery, dreaminess of his club beats for the headphones that make even the goofiest songs seem personal.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
The company posted one benchmark that claims the Surface Laptop Ultra beats Apple’s MacBook Pro with an M5 Pro chip, by offering a 2-6x performance increase on certain workloads, including image and video generation.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of beats

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Partita takes a poem that vibrates with political energy and domesticates it, sapping this very famous verse of its revolutionary bite.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
In Lepecki’s account, the gesture again demonstrated that stillness in dance always vibrates with subtle motion.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of vibrates

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The top also features a power button, a Wi-Fi indicator, and an LED indicator that pulses green during charging, shines solid green when the battery is fully charged, or blue when the battery is running low.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
Wearables use temperature sensors, accelerometers, light sensors and photoplethysmography (PPG), which pulses light through the skin to measure blood flow, heart rate and approximate blood oxygen.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

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